Network Front | The Guardian: Richie McCaw: Being an All Black is a privilege one day you wont be one

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Richie McCaw: Being an All Black is a privilege one day you wont be one Nov 3rd 2014, 15:35, by Martin Pengelly in Chicago New Zealands captain, Richie McCaw, is one of rugbys sufferers but he is focused on 2015 and making history at Twickenham by lifting a second World Cup Autumn internationals: our writers predict what well see John Kirwan: England must take the initiative For a tortured soul, Richie McCaw spends a lot of time smiling. He also, when we meet at his riverfront hotel in Chicago, spends a lot of time explaining that hes not a tortured soul. But he smiles as he does so. At 33, the man who will lead New Zealand against England on Saturday has plenty of reasons to smile, among them 134 caps and the gratitude of a nation. Three years on from lifting the All Blacks second World Cup, he is 12 months out from trying to become the first man to lift it twice. In the Windy City, where a rampant All Blacks defeated the USA 74-6 on Saturday, he has been wined, dined and even photobombed by a tattooed Maori. He is a wanted man who seems perfectly happy to be wanted. Continue reading...

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